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First post, by rotzgurke

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Hi there

I wanted to give my machine a littke Update but i am stuck right now installing drivers for this GPU: Radeon x800pro / gto 256mb

I swapt Out my gf4 ti 4200 and did a Clean fresh new Install of win98se

Now, when attempt to Install latest catalyst 6.2 drivers manuall, reboot i get an Error Massage theres a Problem with my GPU. It recognized as IT should (x800 primary ans secondary). Installing ccc also works finse, reboot and Same Massage. I am Not able to Change anything Resolution. I have both Adapters marked with a yellow sign. Tried older Version but Same.

Any clue?

Reply 1 of 18, by rotzgurke

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Here some Screens i encounter

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Reply 2 of 18, by asdf53

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Yellow exclamation mark means resource problem. What does it say when you open the properties of the card in the device manager and click the Resources tab?

Reply 3 of 18, by rotzgurke

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asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 17:08:

Yellow exclamation mark means resource problem. What does it say when you open the properties of the card in the device manager and click the Resources tab?

No conflics 😀

Reply 4 of 18, by asdf53

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Even if there are no conflicts, did it assign any resources to it?
In the display properties, can you choose 256 colors and reboot?

Reply 5 of 18, by Repo Man11

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More information could help: what is the motherboard?

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Reply 6 of 18, by rotzgurke

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asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 17:31:

Even if there are no conflicts, did it assign any resources to it?
In the display properties, can you choose 256 colors and reboot?

No i cannot select any color depth.
How do i See assignt ressources?

Mainboard is a Asus P5P800

Reply 7 of 18, by rotzgurke

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Repo Man11 wrote on Yesterday, 17:45:

More information could help: what is the motherboard?

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Reply 8 of 18, by asdf53

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Thank you for the screenshots. I said that because there's a bug where the graphics card driver isn't loaded and the card runs in VGA mode. It can then be enabled by switching to 256 colors. But that's not going to work here.

When you said you installed the driver manually, do you mean using the device manager and then pointing it to the .inf file? What happens when you install the driver using the ATI installer?

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Reply 9 of 18, by rotzgurke

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asdf53 wrote on Yesterday, 19:25:

Thank you for the screenshots. I said that because there's a bug where the graphics card driver isn't loaded and the card runs in VGA mode. It can then be enabled by switching to 256 colors. But that's not going to work here.

When you said you installed the driver manually, do you mean using the device manager and then pointing it to the .inf file? What happens when you install the driver using the ATI installer?

Both give me Same result

Reply 10 of 18, by Repo Man11

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My next move would be to install WinXP to see if everything works with that OS; that should allow you to determine if it is a driver or hardware issue.

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Reply 11 of 18, by rotzgurke

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Repo Man11 wrote on Yesterday, 19:42:

My next move would be to install WinXP to see if everything works with that OS; that should allow you to determine if it is a driver or hardware issue.

No Problem.....i give it a try tomorrow.....

Reply 12 of 18, by rotzgurke

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Alright.....fresh XP Install on same system without any Problems. GPU Runs nicely. No issues even 1080p 100hz. Used Last Omega Driver.

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Reply 13 of 18, by Repo Man11

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I see that as good news as that leaves a driver issue. I have an Asus P4P 800 (also an Intel 865 chipset) that I have installed Win98SE on, but I don't think I ever tried an ATI card with that board while I had it set up with Win98. Possibly an issue with the chipset drivers used? I noticed that the Asus page for your board doesn't include chipset drivers for Win98SE, but they have them for my P4P800: https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/p4p800/he … pdesk_download/

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Reply 14 of 18, by rotzgurke

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May i have to Install the Chipset drivers? I asked this way cause i am using win98 quick Install fully Patches with integrated drivers. Maybe this is the issue? Do you have a "best way" for me with some axplainations?

Reply 15 of 18, by rotzgurke

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No Change after installing Chipset

Reply 16 of 18, by Repo Man11

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Since you seem to have some sort of driver issue, I'd go with a basic installation of Win98SE from a standard ISO. Here's a guide that KT7AGuy was nice enough to write up: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

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Reply 17 of 18, by rotzgurke

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I can try No Problem.......will Report when done.

Reply 18 of 18, by aspiringnobody

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rotzgurke wrote on Today, 09:49:

I can try No Problem.......will Report when done.

I concur that you should try a regular 98SE install. I know the Quick Install is the new hot thing, but TBH I've not had the best luck with it. I think it creates more problems than it solves -- for example, if you have an AWE card it installs the inf drivers but none of the supporting creative applications. Same with S3 and ATI graphics -- the inf drivers only but no control panel applets. I'm not a huge fan tbh.